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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-02-25
Friday. Feb. %, 1852.
County Roads.

In sandy or billy country dirt
roads can be kept in fair condition
the wear round. No surface water
lies on them, hence an absence of
mud and frozen ruts; but country
with clay sub soil will ever defy all
attempts to have dry roads in the
wet season of winter and spring, by
heaping and rounding mp in the mid
die. The clay holds the water and
the wheels 60 into the hubs. The
successive, but unsuccessful efforts of
half century ought to satisfy every
one of the fallacy of the attempt. If
each election district was required to
bear the expense of it's own roads,
many persons believe that better
roads would he the result with less
cost.
That is less mon ~ would he vast
ed than under the present system IT
contractor we're employed to put
the roads of district in order and
keep them so for a period of 3 or 4
wears, who would enter into bonds
to do the work at stated periods,
which should be mainly done in April
and May, with specifications and dia.
grams to work to, of every section of
the road, the public would know in
advance what they had to pay and
exactly what every section of road
would be like when finished. Every
section of clay would be stoned, and
overlaid with broken stone or gravel,
and the sharp pinches graded off and
placed lower down to replace in part.
that which has been washed away
through bad management. 1t is no use
attempting to evade the fact; our
system of road management is the
most permanently expensive. andthe
poorest in results that was ever de-
vlsed by man. This is no fault of
the County Commissioners who are
compelled to work by the law which
is laid down for their guidance; nor
are they to any considerable extent
to blame who are placed in charge of
the supervising and mending the
roads.
The system is radically wrong.
This same system has prevailed for
generations with slight notifications,
or small partial change, but the system
has always been virtually the same,
hence the results have been about
the same; a bountiful outlay of mon
ey with ragged highways, but no pub
lie thoroughfares worthy the name.
Specialists do the work of the
present day in every department of
industry. And they do the work
much better and for less cost than
others can, because they are practi-
cally educated in the special work
they undertake; they provide them
selves with the best machinery and
tools to expedite their business, and
employ only the best labor for that
particular line of work. Such spe-
cialists as matter of course, out
strip all their less skilled competit-
ers.
1t costs the tax payers of Cecil
about 60 cents on the hundred dol
lars for road tax. Contractors skill
ed in this kind of work and fitted up
for the business would do the work
on our roads for rs cents on the hum
dred dollars which is done under the
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-23
Written for the Appeal.
IN THE HIGHLANDS.


dwellers in the Highlands Come up hight
Behind thee lieth mourning woods of gray;
bitter landl.whcre Life hath flung away
Her early blooming all the meadows nigh
Are wet and open to the drifting sky
OF circumstance; the sobbing waters play
Around the clinging sand and all the dny
Is darkened where the spectral shadows fly.
The air Is damp and strikes the very bone
With stabblng coldness all the lights are dim;
There floats a sound as Of a smothercd hymn,
All tangled in misty monotone;
The fog is thicker, and the soul is tossed,
All beaconless, and In the doubt is lost
o come up higher Here the swelling sight
Is ranging over hills of beauty rare,
Whose tops are hidden in the very air
The father breathes. Here all the infinite
is thrown upon the vision brooding Night
Is blnishcd ever; those dark wings of care
Are taken from her; all the valleys fair
Are with the blossoms of the future bright.
The breath Is easy, and the tortured soul
Is filled with wonder at the sweet relief
Tho paths are strangers TO the tread of grief;
Nor may anxiety remain here whole.
The shrunkcn soul diates with wholesome air.
Aud stands on tiptoe-Am dwelling there?
All, yes! And now see, ben ing low,
With sheer impotence at the dread of thought
And would send TO thee greeting, fraught
With all the freshness that these brccses blow.
y, leave those drcary, sodden paths below,
And thread OF land that money never bought
Cans't thou endure and have thy spirit taught
by such throng as round thee daily GOT
Come up! There waits for thee silken thread
VI OF subtle flament. II thou but clasp the cord
And hold thNspif m as tltv Nyngt horn
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-23
short.siop Wards Marriage.

John Montgomery Ward, the champion
Of the oppressed baseball player, signed n
contract Tor life last week. No coercion
was used, for he signed the contract will
ingly and appeared 60 be- % happy man
nitcrward. Ii was not baseball contract
he signed, 10 bow 10 the will Of moneycd
corporation, hut q pledge 10 honor, love
and protect Miss Helen Dauymy, the well
known actress. The marriage was q quiet
one. the ceremony taking place nj the
Arch Street Methodist Episcopal church in
Philadelphia. Mr.. and Mn. Ward will
10 10 the Pacific coast for n part Of the win
Ter. Friends Of Ward say that he will not
abandon baseball. They ARE just NJ CON
fidont that Mr. Ward has made her last
appearance on the stage. II Is probable
that Ward will play shortsiop for The New
York nine, which will spend this winter in
California. Mn-. Ward was n regular NJ.
tendant at the base ball games Mt the polo
grounds during the last summer, and
showed the liyeicst interest In the sport.
81 Few people imagined that she felt any
especial Interest In any particular player
Her iayoritc scat was 10 the right Of the re.
porters pen in the balcony Of the grand
stand, and she was generally in the chair
reserved Tor her long before the game be
ran. She was nearly always accompanied
by her sister and brother. She always fol
( lowed the game closely and kept a ful
record Of the play made. When she misscc
| an tout" or assist she would turn 90 the
reporter nearest her and ask for the play
The comical antics Of the little mascot NJ
ways brought smile 70 her lace. Gore
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-23

Rrv. II. PALMER, Of the VI. T. Church
in Wilkcsbauc, Pa, has learned by cX'
pcricncc the vnlue oi Ia-cii. pi-a
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-23

peculiar actions, however, made her frown,
and when the ex-Chicago PLAYER would
turn his cap wrong ''for luck" and dance
around on the bases, she has been heard
to murmur: us that man crazy? Why
doesn' the behave himself?" The handsome
Dauvray cup which the st. Louis and De-
troit clubs are now contesting for is gift
from Mrs. Ward. She will also give gold
medals TO the players of the winning club.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-23
anmbllng In 80 10 san rranrIseo.

Prom the Overland Monthly.
There WIS n French woman who played
the violin receiving 500 day therefor.
and ~ women were ~ scarce IN those days
whenever she left the saloon To go out oi
the street, every saloon around the square
was cmpiicd 10 get look Ut her. In thcs,
saloons there Wec piles 81 gold, both ~
coin and In sacks Of gold dust, that would
put some u our commercial banks oi ~,
present day 90 the blush, and long tables
that had their croupicrs ready io rake 10
or pay out a. fast a. the cards were turned
oil. have often watched some novice
who WIS putting down his hrst ventures nj
play. ON one occasion ] saw Of ihu slm'
table two clcrymcn shove their coin an
der another Wan's arm on The nblr.
knew them both, aud know 81 what
speak we are all morials after all,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-23
she Didn't Remember Him.

from III TITS.
Fashionable Young Woman 10 Dry Goods
Clerk should like TO look at some lace
please.
Dry Goods Clerk-why, Clara, how do
you doi | haven't seen you since We
parted in the Adirondacks.
"Sirln
| " look at2''
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-19
OUR SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
Colonel Waring Visits Sacramento and
examines as to Our Needs.


Examines as TO Our Needs.
Colonel George E. Waring Jr., the widely
celebrated sanitary engineer and author of
the modern sewerage system of Paris, and
those of many other prominent cities,
spent the entire day yesterday in Sacra-
mento making an investigation, with
view to recommending plan for improv-
ing the sewerage system of our city. In
company with City Engineer Bassett, he
was driven over the city in the morning
and made an examination of our present
system; examined the maps and the pro-
files of the same, to gain knowledge of
the general topography of the city and the
lines and grades OF existing sewers Sub
sequently there was a general consultation
upon the subject in the office of the CITY
Engineer, at which the City Trustees were
present and took part.
The question as TO the ACCESSIBILITY of
utilizing the present system of our sewers
and improving it, or abandoning it to sur
face drainage only, and adding a separate
system for house drainage, was discussed
at length. 1t was estimated, as an approx
imation, that the cost of introducing an en-
tire new system for house drainage for the
thickly populated portions of the city would
be about $4,000. This would be indie
pendent of the cost of branch sewers
through the various blocks, the cost of
which would be paid by special assessment,
as at present.
The other method would be to improve
and utilize the present sewers as far as
possible, applying new system of sewer.
age TO those portions of the city that can
not be readily reached under our present
system No definite estimate was made az
to the cost under this plan, but it was
shown that great saving would be thereby
made and good system obtained.
The result of the conference was in favor
of this plan of procedure, but Colonel War
ing recommended that the City Engineer
prepare plans and estimates under the
various methods discussed, with view to
finding the probable cost of each, before
definite line of action is adopted.
Colonel Waring did not have time to
mature formal report, but became con-
yersant with the entire situation, and will
write out report hereafter and send it to
our city authorities.
The subject of disposing of our sewage,
on account of the absence of fall, or natural
drainage, was one which occupied much
attention and was regarded as matter of
great difficulty. The conclusion reached
by Colonel Waring was that to secure an
efficient relief from our present objection
able cesspool and sewage system it would
be necessary to resort to constant pumping.
After completing his investigation of
affairs in this city, Colonel Warning and
MIR. Bassett visited the County Hospital to
witness the workings of the Shone system
in use there, and it was regarded as very
satisfactory. Colonel Waring left for the
East last evening.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-19
What the People OF San Jose Have to Say
About Dixon's Remedy for Catarrh, Hay
Fever and Catarrhal Deafness.
From San Jose Mercury, May 9th.
4 n.,f,

From San Jose Mercury May 6th.I
Mr.. Dixons last visit. Wonderful sue
cess and results that have been pronounced
miraculous Mr.. \. H. Dixon. of Toronto,
Canada, who has been treating catarrh hay
fever and catarrhal deafness in San Jose
with such wonderful success for the past
three months that the results of his treat
ment have been pronounced miraculous,
will visit San Jose for the last time on Sat
urday, May 18th, where he will be found as
usual at the Auzerais House. Mr. Dixon
will leave many friends behind him, who
will be sorry to see him go and more than
pleased when he returns, as he intends to
to do next winter. 1t is seldom, indeed,
that we are able to accord such tull in
dorsement to anything as we are able to
give Mr. Dixon's remedies for catarrhal
troubles, and many prominent citizens of
San Jose and vicinity are ready and will
ing to vouch for their genuineness, among
whom are Messrs. S. S. Broughton, f. L.
Dawson, n L. Woodrow, J. NJ Flemming,
Charles Hellieson, Fred. Goodrich, George
Schloss, J. G. Briggs, C. NJ. Shortridge, etc.
We advise sufferers to see Mr.. Dixon at the
Auzerais House on Saturday, May 14th,
and get permanently cured of this disgust
ing disease"
Mr. Dixon can be seen every Thursday
at Golden Eagle, Sacramento, for few
weeks only.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-19
DIED.

Sacramento, May fs-Edith Leona, only child
of Dr. B. F. and Edith S. Pendery, q native of
California, II months and is days.
Friends and acquaintances are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral services, which
will take place from her parents residence,
No. 4o5 X street, this afternoon at 3 O'Clock. Z
Sacramento. MAY l7-S.ephen Beck, native OF
Kent, England &c years and months.
Friends and acquaintance are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral. which will take
place from his late residence, No. 1897 G street,
this afternoon at o clock.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-19
tiful habitation of industrious tillers of the
WHAT IS BEING DONE on THE NORTH.

fertile SOIL
WHAT IS BEING DONE on THE NORTH.
1t is timely to here state that Messrs.
Clark, Williams and Smith have 100 men
now engaged upon the American river
canal, and the work of putting it in COM
plete repair will be finished within the
month. This canal is over thirty miles in
length. 1t will supply water to all the
Cardwell tract opposite Folsom, and all the
lands from there down, and as far back as
Roseville. The canal is being widened,
deepened, cleaned out, all its aban-
doned lateral lines opened up and
its. dams put into first class con-
dltlon and its capacity fixed to supply
all the water needed to irrigate a section Of
country Immediately adjacent to Sacra-
mento that will support population of
thousands and put under bearing great
tracts of land of the very best character.
Those interested in the scheme say they
have already a large demand for the water,
and believe they will be able to dispose of
every inch of it, and that the result of their
scheme will be very speedily to people all
these fine lands with large industrious
population. The enterprise is of great
value to this city, and means immediate
benefit to it.
FELIX TRACY,
agent OF Wells, Fargo q Co., responded to
a request for his views upon the outlook
by saying; $50 far as my observation and
Judgment goes, one of the principal causes
of the boom in the southern part of the
State has been the fact that Eastern people
of high moral standing and of means have
found the moral atmosphere of Southern
California, together with other conditions,
desirable to them as place of residence
for their families. Any other localities to
enjoy like results must also be surrounded
with like conditions"
oROvILLE AMONG Us.
1t may here very properly be noted that
Oroville has come among US advertising its
new colony scheme The ThermaIlta
Colony Company has opened an office on
Second street, and is soliciting newcomers
and our own people to partake of the en-
terprise of that rich section, offering to
those wishing small tracts terms very rea-
sonable, and inviting to all who can paw
only in small installments.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-19

VANCE
tillable; % acres cleared, most all fenced; no
acres in Timber; 1000 Vines; 100 Bearing
Trees; several springs Living Water; all Farm
ing Tools; three quarters of a mile from
Single Springs.
No. 266-Eor $1,000 acres; 1 acre in
Vineyard; acres III Orchard % acre in Grain:
Dwelling, five rooIhs; / Stable: Trees all in
full bearing; adjoining Town of FL Dorado
Mud Springs.
No, 265-For $50 per acres acres.
IL acres in Vineyard; 16 acres Orchard; Pack
ing House, etc; Water Ditch only charges 10
cents an inch.
No. 264-For So, 2O0-I4S acres, near Dia-
mond Springs; a few Trees; 80 acres cleared;
Good Dwelling and Barn; plenty Living Water;
8 Horses. II Head Cattle go with place, making
it q Great Bargain.
No. 26O.-For %16 per acre-6G0 acres
of fine Fruit, Grazing or Farming land; stu
ate on line of 4. r., mile from Latrobe; has
living stream of water flowing under milk
house, making fine place for keeping milk
: and butter; also, pure cold spring near the
house; the two are worth $1,000 to the prop
erty; fine sample of Oranges is in our office,
which grew upon the place; has a good
Dwelling, Barn, Outhouses, etc; a small Or
chard and Vineyard.
No. 232.-16O acres, IL miles south of
FL Dorado, FL Dorado county; l acre in
Vineyard; acre in orchard; p acres in Grain;
60 acres tillable; 60 cleared; 60 acres fenced
into fields; Barns; Dwelling of rooms; for
$500; with the following personal property,
$1,000: Horses, % Cattle, 7 Hogs, 4 dozen
Chickens. This is a cheap place, and owing
to the fact that FL Dorado county is inst com
ing into prominence as an agricultural dis
trict, makes it very desirable property.
No. 22S Sc so per acre-32O acres; 200
acres tiIlable; 40 acres cleared land is of
slate formation; springs of living water;
water can be brought upon theplaee by ditch;
~ miles from Single Springs, FL Dorado
county.
No. 1866, 50o-65 acres choice foothill
land, near FL Dorado, in FL Dorado county;
this place is under a high state of cultivation
having ID acres in Fruit, nearly all in bearing;
500 bearing Bartlett Pear trees 500 trees one
year old; 2, 800 Peach trees; 5000 trees in al
on the place; all of the land is tillable and
can be irrigated: were it not for owners age,
could not be purchased for the price asked:
the buildings consist of fair Dwelling and
two good Barns, with other necessary out
buildings; there is n fine. Carp Pond on the
place now stocked with that fish and catfish.
as- SEND FOR MAY CATALOGUE. ga
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-19

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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-19
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Police Court,


In the Police Court yesterday Matte
Anderson, previously convicted of va
grancy, was sentenced to twenty DAYS in
the County JAIL Charles Heneckson
pleaded guilty of having been drunk, and
was fined $5......Indian Henry, also taken
in for having been drunk, pleaded guilty..
but sentence was postponed until tnis
morning, pending an effort to find the
Chlneman from whom the liquor to get
full with was purchased ...... Henry
Jones and James Green, charged with
drunkenness, were released from CUSTODY
it being their first appearances IN
Court, and they appearing to be respect
able men. Jones, who is well along in
years, moved to Oregon from Cincinnati
not long ago with 5000 in his pocket.
Recently he came to Sacramento. with
scarcely dollar. Disheartened and reck
less, he got drunk Tuesday, and while in
that condition endeavored to drown him
self In China slough, but was prevented
and arrested...-..C Con. Miller. q drunk. for
ielted his deposit...... Harry King was fined
81 90 for battery upon boy named w. Fl
Bailey, q dishwasher at Kings restaurant
during little disagreement Indian Joe.
who got fighting drunk on Tuesday,
pleaded guilty of disturbing the peace, and
was sentenced to twenty DAYS in the County
Jail.....James Meartens' case of obtaining
property-bottles-b false pretenses. went
over until the oath. The case of Charles
Harvey, for disturbing the peace, was set
Tor the 10Th, as was also that OF Pat Hus-
sey, Tor battery upon his wife. Billy
Price entered plea of guilty on a charge
OF disturbing the peace on L street. be-
tween Third and Fourth, and was fined $40
or forty days.
Through California and Oregon Train.
AS the California and Oregon Railroad
approaches completion, and the stage
travel between railroad termini is short
ened, travel by that route is rapidly in
creasing, and now it requires two or three
stage coaches to do the work heretofore
done by one. In about ten DAYS the Cali
fornia and Oregon track will reach the
State line, when there will be but fifteen or
eighteen miles of staging remaining. 1t is
reported the railroad company have in
contemplation putting on a through ex-
press train from San Francisco to the State
line about the LIST of June, to leave the Bav
about p. NJ, and make but one or two
stops between that CITY and Dayisville
where connection will be made for Sacra-
Lento. Returning it will reach San Fran
cisco about s A. NJ. This programme will
give five trains each way between this CITY
and San Francisco daily, and the late train
from the Bay, arriving shortly after
P. H., Will be a great convenience to Sacra-
mentans. Those who desire to go below
and witness ball game and return the
same day will be especially delighted with
the arrangement.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-19

ROBERT EMMEr PIcNIc.-The fifth an
nual picnic of the Robert Emmett Club
will be held at Richmond Grove next Sun
day, The Hussar Band will furnish music
for general dancing, and there will be
separate platform for jig, reel and hornpipe
dancing, for which an excellent violinist
has been engaged. There will be an I'M
usual number of amusements, and the
committee in charge guarantee good time
to ali who attend.
En- ROUTE To THE AsYLUM.-Sheriff Lord
of Nevada county, passed through yester-
day, taking to the Insane Asylum at Stock
ton woman named Nellie Taylor. Under
Sheriff Merrick, of Siskiyou county, also
passed through to the same destination
with an insane. Portuguese, who could not
give his name intelligibly.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-19
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

I. M. Finn and wife, of Plymouth, are in
the city.
Miss Cleo Cooper left yesterday on a visit
to Scotland.
w. b. H. Dobson. of the Red Bluff Sen
ttnel, was in the city yesterday.
Andy Mcdowell, the noted driver of
trotting horses, got back from the East yes
terday.
Chief Justice Searls and wife came down
from Nevada City yesterday, going to San
Francisco.
Judge Williams, of Ell Dorado county,
came up from San Francisco yesterday, re-
turning to Placervllle.
R. l.. Myrick, Assistant Superintendent
of the Western Division of the Southern
Pacific Company's roads, came up from
Oakland yesterday.
Colonel John z. Irish, who delivered the
address at the Changers picnic, near Ma
rysville, Tuesday, came down yesterday, on
his way to San Francisco.
Judge Leon D. Freer, of Butte county,
who has been attending the session of the
Grand Lodge, |. o. 0. F., at San Francisco,
returned yesterday to Oroville.
Arthur B. Shearer, former Sacrament
tan, who has been in Mexico for at least
TWO years IN the employ OF the Mexican
Central Railway, is in the city visiting his
children.
Arrivals at the Capital Hotel yesterday
j. III. Martin, r. G. Calvin, &. Burns,
Woodland; Geo. Z. Williams, Placerville
J. X. Luttrell, Glen Ellen; J. C. Edgcombe,
Vallejo; o. r. Runyon, CORTLAND: d.
Perkins, Rockliu; l.. Mativia, Marysville;
t. NJ. Finn and wife, Plymouth; Jacob
korn, Georgetown; H. L. Hoppins, Yolo;
w. II. Hardness, Indianapolis, Ind; f. w.
Wilmer, Placerville; D. NJ. Reavis, Chico.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Hotel yes
terday E. Corwin, San Jose; J. Phillips,
2. Jacobson, San Francisco S. C. Carleton,
Boston; J. III. G. Jasper, F. L. Bushnell,
Mrs. Bushnell, Miss H. Bushnell, Miss B.
Bushnell, Miss E. McCord, Miss C. Petit
john, Mrs. w. Morgan, Miss Belts, Miss
Bingle, Blue Island, H.; E. c. Stratton,
Miss NJ. Stratton, Pasadena, Cal; 9. A.
Warburton, New York; A. H. Dixon, To
ronto Canada; John f, Merrill and wife,
San Francisco.